• the development of a new Virtual Interaction APPlication (VIAPPL) that allows experiments in a context that allows interaction and social network analysis of emergent relationships. See www.viappl.org

•developing a network theory of attitudes based on multilayer networks using agent-based simulations and experiments using VIAPPL

• qualitative exploration of how men and women construct gender identities in “critical moments” of their lives such as dates, weddings, job interviews, having children and retiring.